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NEWS in brief
President leaves for S Arabia
Diplomatic Correspondent
President Zillur Rahman left for a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia early hours today to attend the two-day (August 14-15) 4th Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Makkah.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz will examine the Islamic world, address the sources of discord and division, reunify the Islamic Ummah and promote Islamic solidarity.
Presidents of the member countries' will attend the summit, which will be preceded by two meetings, the first at foreign ministers' level to prepare for the summit and the second at the senior officials' level to prepare for the ministerial meeting.
Stop going after Dr Yunus: B Chy
Staff Correspondent
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to go after Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus.
“For God's sake, please stop going after him for the sake of 96 lakh poor people of the country,” he said.
"Please put priority on national interest, not on personal interests,” he said while addressing a discussion before an iftar party organised by Bikalpa Mohila Dhara, women's wing of BDB, at the party's central office in the capital's Kuril Bishwa Road area, said a press release.
B Chowdhury said Bangladesh has been defamed both at home and abroad for the government's mishandling of the Grameen Bank issue.
Bangladesh police trained in counter terrorism
Diplomatic Correspondent
The US government provided ten-daylong training to Bangladesh police to enhance their capabilities for fighting terrorism.
The workshop styled ‘'Counterterrorism Components of Academy Development (CTCAD)” concluded on August 9, said a press release yesterday.
Instructors and officers from Police TYaining Institutes of Bangladesh Police participated in the
Two workers injured in ship breaking yard fire
Staff Correspondent, cig
Two workers were injured in a fire at a ship breaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
The injured are Al Amin, 19, of Naogaon; and Ershad, 28, of Comilla.
The fire, originated from the welding sparks in the engine room of SL Steel Ship Breaking Yard at Jora Amtal, injured the two while they were working there, Kumira fire service sources said.
Fire fighters doused the blaze around 1:00pm. Valuables worth Tk 5 lakh were gutted, the sources added.
The injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital and, later, were referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the ship breaking yard